Hello everyone,
I am planning to build with a general contractor (Town Country or Heinz von Heiden).
According to the scope of work description, for example:
- The cladding is made of profile wooden boards and smooth verge boards made of softwood, installed parallel to the facing brickwork or external thermal insulation composite system/external plaster, fixed on battens. All visible wooden elements receive a factory-applied initial wood preservative coating in white color (375€).
- The soffit boarding and all visible wooden components (such as boarding, supports) are coated with a weather-resistant colored paint. The color is applied with two coats (1300€).
Questions:
- If I understand correctly, the first offer includes only the wood preservative coating, and the second offer includes two coats of paint. How many coats are actually necessary?
- What do you think about the price?
- I am considering arranging this directly with the craftsman/carpenter (to possibly get a better price). Do you have any experience with this in cases involving general contractors like Town Country or Heinz von Heiden?
Thank you for your answers.
I am planning to build with a general contractor (Town Country or Heinz von Heiden).
According to the scope of work description, for example:
- The cladding is made of profile wooden boards and smooth verge boards made of softwood, installed parallel to the facing brickwork or external thermal insulation composite system/external plaster, fixed on battens. All visible wooden elements receive a factory-applied initial wood preservative coating in white color (375€).
- The soffit boarding and all visible wooden components (such as boarding, supports) are coated with a weather-resistant colored paint. The color is applied with two coats (1300€).
Questions:
- If I understand correctly, the first offer includes only the wood preservative coating, and the second offer includes two coats of paint. How many coats are actually necessary?
- What do you think about the price?
- I am considering arranging this directly with the craftsman/carpenter (to possibly get a better price). Do you have any experience with this in cases involving general contractors like Town Country or Heinz von Heiden?
Thank you for your answers.
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immermehr5 Oct 2020 19:05Nordlys schrieb:
Softwood is still suitable for this. The boards are available raw, inexpensive, and primed white with a preservative primer included. Use those. Then apply an insulating paint that prevents resin from knot holes from bleeding through and causing yellow stains, followed by one or two coats of Konsolan. Two people took one day, my wife and I did it ourselves on May 1, 2017. The quoted price is therefore too high. Paint 100,- 16 hours times 50 equals 900. Not three-something. C. We purchased it with a wood preservative coating for an additional €375.
What did you manage to complete within 16 hours? (One or two coats?)
Which paint did you use?
Thanks and have a nice evening.